The survey shows a modest rise in the overall salaries of school-based SLPs since 2012. The overall median academic year salary was $61,000, up from $60,000 (a 2 percent increase). The median calendar year salary was $72,107, up from $70,000 (a 3 percent increase).

Median academic year salaries of school-based SLPs by primary school setting

Survey data show that 12 percent of SLPs were paid an hourly wage. Most were contract employees. In 2014, the median hourly wage of contract employees was $55, up from $52.55 in 2012 (a 5 percent increase).

The survey asked SLPs whether they received a salary supplement or other type of “salary upgrade” and if so, why they received it. The ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence earned a supplement for 24 percent of respondents, up slightly from 22 percent in 2012. Twelve percent received a supplement for doing extra work (for example, Medicaid billing or supervision); 5 percent as a recruitment/retention bonus; 3 percent as a result of a value-added assessment; and 2 percent for providing bilingual services.